diff --git a/doc/buildInstructions/Debian/Ubuntu/Ubuntu_12.04_and_13.10 b/doc/buildInstructions/Debian/Ubuntu/Ubuntu_12.04_and_13.10
index 7ba938d60..b5a0ef5a9 100644
--- a/doc/buildInstructions/Debian/Ubuntu/Ubuntu_12.04_and_13.10
+++ b/doc/buildInstructions/Debian/Ubuntu/Ubuntu_12.04_and_13.10
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ http://sourceforge.net/projects/openfoam-extend/files/foam-extend-3.1/
 
 * Install required packages:
 
-    sudo apt-get install git-core build-essential binutils-dev flex bison \
+    sudo apt-get install git-core build-essential flex bison \
     zlib1g-dev qt4-dev-tools libqt4-dev libncurses5-dev libxt-dev rpm \
     mercurial graphviz
 
diff --git a/doc/buildInstructions/Debian/Ubuntu/Ubuntu_14.04 b/doc/buildInstructions/Debian/Ubuntu/Ubuntu_14.04
index bb5499a56..a5e60f4e1 100644
--- a/doc/buildInstructions/Debian/Ubuntu/Ubuntu_14.04
+++ b/doc/buildInstructions/Debian/Ubuntu/Ubuntu_14.04
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ http://sourceforge.net/projects/openfoam-extend/files/foam-extend-3.1/
 
 * Install required packages:
 
-    sudo apt-get install git-core build-essential binutils-dev flex \
+    sudo apt-get install git-core build-essential flex \
     zlib1g-dev qt4-dev-tools libqt4-dev libncurses5-dev libiberty-dev \
     libxt-dev rpm mercurial graphviz openmpi-bin libopenmpi-dev cmake
 
diff --git a/doc/buildInstructions/Fedora/Fedora19 b/doc/buildInstructions/Fedora/Fedora19
index 7950518c1..9dab685c0 100644
--- a/doc/buildInstructions/Fedora/Fedora19
+++ b/doc/buildInstructions/Fedora/Fedora19
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ http://sourceforge.net/projects/openfoam-extend/files/foam-extend-3.0/
 * Install required packages:
 
     sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
-    sudo yum install gcc-c++ binutils-devel bison flex m4 zlib-devel \
+    sudo yum install gcc-c++ bison flex m4 zlib-devel \
     qt-devel qtwebkit-devel mercurial graphviz
 
 * Set environment variables:
diff --git a/vagrantSandbox/initCentOSRHELScript.sh b/vagrantSandbox/initCentOSRHELScript.sh
index 909b4b7e3..c0decf3dc 100755
--- a/vagrantSandbox/initCentOSRHELScript.sh
+++ b/vagrantSandbox/initCentOSRHELScript.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ fi
 
 # some of these packages are already installed. But lets be sure
 
-neededPackages=(gcc-c++ gcc-gfortran mercurial git flex bison make ccache rpm-build wget zlib-devel binutils-devel libXt-devel cmake)
+neededPackages=(gcc-c++ gcc-gfortran mercurial git flex bison make ccache rpm-build wget zlib-devel libXt-devel cmake)
 bonusPackages=(emacs csh tcsh zsh)
 
 for p in ${neededPackages[@]}; do
diff --git a/vagrantSandbox/initOpenSUSEScript.sh b/vagrantSandbox/initOpenSUSEScript.sh
index 48bcc0cff..0bd4fbc17 100755
--- a/vagrantSandbox/initOpenSUSEScript.sh
+++ b/vagrantSandbox/initOpenSUSEScript.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ zypper -n remove patterns-openSUSE-minimal_base-conflicts
 
 # patterns-openSUSE-devel_python
 
-neededPackages=(gcc-c++ mercurial git flex bison make ccache zlib-devel rpm-build binutils-devel cmake)
+neededPackages=(gcc-c++ mercurial git flex bison make ccache zlib-devel rpm-build cmake)
 bonusPackages=(emacs csh tcsh zsh)
 
 for p in ${neededPackages[@]}; do
diff --git a/vagrantSandbox/initUbunutuScript.sh b/vagrantSandbox/initUbunutuScript.sh
index ba77ea8ae..405c622fc 100755
--- a/vagrantSandbox/initUbunutuScript.sh
+++ b/vagrantSandbox/initUbunutuScript.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ echo
 echo "Tools for packaging"
 echo
 
-packagingPackages=(default-mta dpkg-dev debhelper devscripts cdbs binutils-dev)
+packagingPackages=(default-mta dpkg-dev debhelper devscripts cdbs)
 for p in ${packagingPackages[@]}; do
     apt-get -y install $p
 done